Primary and secondary histiocytic lymphoma of the brain: CT features.

Autor: Yang PJ, Knake JE, Gabrielsen TO, Latack JT, Gebarski SS, Mehta BA, Metes JJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Radiology [Radiology] 1985 Mar; Vol. 154 (3), pp. 683-6.
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.154.3.3881792
Abstrakt: The authors examined 19 patients with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma of the brain, including 8 with primary disease and 11 with secondary disease. Both primary disease and secondary disease involving the brainstem and deep nuclei exhibited the characteristic CT appearance, consisting of a large, solid, homogeneously enhanced mass with varying amounts of edema. However, most secondary lymphomas outside the brainstem and basal ganglia contained large areas of low attenuation consistent with necrosis. Multifocal lesions were seen only in patients with secondary lymphoma. Systemic chemotherapy for extracranial lymphoma had no effect on the CT appearance of intracranial lesions. The authors suggest that these "unusual" CT patterns are actually typical of a distinct subset of histiocytic lymphomas.
Databáze: MEDLINE